Henry Hatch Green

b. 9 June 1890, d. 27 April 1970
  • Henry Hatch Green was born on 9 June 1890 in Marion County, Missouri, near Monroe City.
  • The following appeared on 20 April 1917 in the Monroe City Democrat: Miss Mabel Hawkins gave a one o'clock luncheon Wednesday for the purpose of announcing the engagement of Miss Ruth Haynie to Mr. Henry Green. The luncheon consisted of fice courses and eithg guests were present. The announcement was made in the fourth course by means of two hearts with the names of the couple on them. The date of the wedding was not announced.
         Miss Haynie is the accomplished daughter of mr. and mrs. W. W. Longmire of this city and is one of the most prominent young ladies in Monroe City society. Mr. Green is one of the most successful business men in this city. He is a member of the Green & Tooley Elevator Company and also the firm of Hanly & Green, Clothiers. The entire community extends best wishes to the couple.
  • Henry Hatch Green registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Marion County, Missouri, while single and living in Monroe City, self-employed there as a farmer, grain dealer and merchant.
  • He married Ruth W. Haynie, daughter of William U. Haynie and Margaret Ellen Woodward, on 5 July 1917 in Monroe City, Monroe County, Missouri, with J. Lapsley Alderson officiating.
  • Henry Hatch Green and Ruth W. Haynie appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Pattonsburg, Daviess County, Missouri, at Main Street. Other members of the household included Henry Haynie Green.
  • He was manager of a flour mill, according to the 1920 census.
  • The following biographical sketch was published in History of Daviess & Gentry Counties, Missouri (1922):
         Henry H. Green, a well known merchant of Pattonsburg, was born in Marion County, Mo., near Monroe City, June 19, 1890. He is a son of August H. and Laura H. (Hatch) Green.
         August H. Green was born in Marion County, Mo., and was a prominent grain dealer during his life. He owned 140 acres of land and carried on general farming with his grain business. He died in April, 1908, and is buried in Monroe City, Mo. Mr. Green was a member of the Episcopal Church. Mrs. Green's father, Henry, Hatch, at one time owned what is now a part of the Wabash Railroad, which ran from Pattonsburg to Brunswick, Mo. For a number of years, Mr. Hatch was treasurer of the Burlington and Southwest Railroad. He served as mayor of Chillicothe, for three terms. He was a 32nd Degree Mason. Mr. Hatch died in California in in 1920. To August H. and Laura (Hatch) Green two children were born, as follows: Henry H., the subject of this sketch; Amy, born March 26, 1892, and Died Feb. 26, 1921. She is buried in Monroe City, Mo.
         Henry H. Green was reared in Monroe City, and received his education in the public schools. In 1906 Mr. Green engaged in the grain business at Monroe City, Mo., and in 1914 began traveling as a grain buyer for a St. Louis grain company. In July, 1917, Mr. Green came to Pattonsburg, where he became engaged in the Pattonsburg Milling and Elevator Com pany, and has been successful in this business. He is also interested in the grain elevator of Lock Springs, Mo., which ships 300 cars of grain a year. He is widely and favorably known throughout Daviess County as a grain dealer.
         On July 6, 1917, Mr. Green was married to Ruth Haynie, a native of Hannibal, Mo., and daughter of Mr. Haynie and Margaret (Woodard) Haynie. Mrs. Haynie was born in Kentucky and is now residing in Monroe City, Mo. Mr. Haynie died in 1907 and is buried in Hannibal Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Haynie were the parents of three children, as follows : Lilas, the wife of Ray Yowell, automobile agent, Mission, Texas; Chester, en listed among the first men during the World War in 1917, and was sent to France from Camp Funston. He was gassed during the war, having taken part in many battles.
         To Henry H. and Ruth (Haynie) Green one child has been born, Henry H. Green, Jr., born Jan. 12, 1919.
         In politics Mr. Green is a Republican. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge and a member of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Green has an extensive acquaintance in Daviess County and stands high in the community.
  • Henry Hatch Green became a widower at the 1923 death of his wife Ruth W. Haynie.
  • Henry Hatch Green registered for the draft on 27 April 1942 in Daviess County, Missouri, while living with his wife Lucille in Pattonsburg, and self-employed there.
  • Henry Hatch Green arrived in the Port of Quebec, Canada, on 11 June 1954, traveling in first class aboard the SS Empress of France, having departed Liverpool from Liverpool on the 4th.
  • Henry Hatch Green died on 27 April 1970 at age 79 in Pattonsburg, Daviess County, Missouri, at his residence.
  • He was interred at Pattonsburg Memorial Gardens, Pattonsburg, Daviess County, Missouri.
  • The following appeared in a local newspaper: Henry Hatch Green, 79, Pattonsburg, nationally known grain dealer and land owner, died unexpectedly Monday morning at his home in Pattonsburg.
         Born June 9, 1890, on a farm near Monroe City, Mo., Mr. Green started the feed business in Monroe City as a teenager, and built his first grain elevator at Lock Springs in 1914, and a few years later built one at Pattonsburg, and moved there in 1907.
         He was a life ling leader in civic affairs.
         Was active in Republican circles and sought his party's nomination for congress in 1956, but was defeated by Stanley Dale of St. Joseph.
         He served and was president of the board of education, President of Pattonsburg Savings Bank, and The First State Bank.
         He was President of the board of public works. He was a charter member of the Pattonsburg Lions Club, Boy Scouts President, and was President of the Missouri Grain and Feed and Millers Association of Grain and Feed Dealers.
         He was a member of the Monroe City Episcopalian Church. Surviving are his wife, Lucille, a son, Donald; and two grandchildren. The body is at the Noble-Robinson Funeral Home in Pattonsburg. Funeral Services will be Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Christian Church and burial will be in the IOO F Cemeter of Pattonsburg.
         Mr. Green is an uncle of Mrs. Raymond Kimes of Cameron.
  • Last Edited: 21 Nov 2016

Family: Ruth W. Haynie b. December 1895, d. 1923